Species Planigale maculata (Gould, 1851)

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Generic Combinations

• Planigale maculata (Gould, 1851). —
  Archer, M. 1976. Revision of the marsupial genus Planigale Troughton (Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 341-365 pls 43-51

Introduction

Synonymies recognised by Mahoney & Ride (1988: 27), following Archer (1976: 346), rather than subspecies.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, insectivorous, low open woodland, nocturnal, open forest, predator, sedgeland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Mainly found in fringes of creeks, swamps and flood plains, rocky places.

General References

Andrew, D.L. & Settle, G.A. 1982. Observations on the behaviour of species of Planigale (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with particular reference to the narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris). pp. 311-324 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Archer, M. 1976. Revision of the marsupial genus Planigale Troughton (Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 341-365 pls 43-51

Aslin, H.J. 1975. Reproduction in Antechinus maculatus Gould (Dasyuridae). Australian Wildlife Research 2: 77-80

Calver, M.C., King, D.R., Gardner, J.L. & Martin, G.R. 1991. Total food consumption of some native Australian small mammals in the laboratory. Australian Mammalogy 14: 139-141

Cooper, D.W. & Woolley, P. 1983. Confirmation of a new species of small dasyurid marsupial by electrophoretic analysis of enzymes and proteins. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 743-751

Denny, M.J.S. 1982. Review of Planigale (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) ecology. pp. 131-138 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Llewelyn, J., Webb, J.K., Schwarzkopf, L., Alford, R. & Shine, R. 2010. Behavioural responses of carnivorous marsupials (Planigale maculata) to toxic invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus). Austral Ecology 35(5): 360-367

Mahoney, J.A. & Ride, W.D.L. 1988. Dasyuridae. pp. 14-33 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988]

Painter, J. Krajewski, C. & Westerman, M. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the marsupial genus Planigale (Dasyuridae). Journal of Mammalogy 76: 406-413

Redhead, T.D. 1995. Common Planigale Planigale maculata. pp. 111-112 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Common Planigale)

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